In July 2015 Kazakhstan was ranked 50th in the Government Efficiency Index compiled by World Economic Forum. The efficiency index considers expenditures, workload regulations and political transparency. Kazakhstan beats of a number of European countries in government efficiency, according to the list. In particular, Kazakhstan is ahead of Belgium and France.

Executive branch

President

The president is elected by popular vote for a five-year term
. The prime minister and first deputy prime minister are appointed by the president. Council of Ministers is also appointed by the president. President Nazarbayev expanded his presidential powers by decree: only he can initiate constitutional amendments, appoint and dismiss the government, dissolve Parliament, call referendums at his discretion, and appoint administrative heads of regions and cities.

In July 2015 Kazakhstan was ranked 50th in the Government Efficiency Index compiled by World Economic Forum. The efficiency index considers expenditures, workload regulations and political transparency. Kazakhstan beats of a number of European countries in government efficiency, according to the list. In particular, Kazakhstan is ahead of Belgium and France.

Executive branch

President

The president is elected by popular vote for a five-year term
. The prime minister and first deputy prime minister are appointed by the president. Council of Ministers is also appointed by the president. President Nazarbayev expanded his presidential powers by decree: only he can initiate constitutional amendments, appoint and dismiss the government, dissolve Parliament, call referendums at his discretion, and appoint administrative heads of regions and cities.

A source close to the Kazakhgovernment said the Unified Accumulative Pension Fund, which is managed by the central bank and replenished by mandatory contributions from all working Kazakhs, bought 33 percent of the Kazatomprom offering for $150 million and now owned a 5 percent stake in the firm....

A company comprising 120 soldiers of the Kazakh army were inducted with the 11 Jat infantry battalion of the Indian Army in Lebanon on October 31. With a total strength of 850 troops, Indian and Kazakh army are co-deployed in a mountainous tough terrain along the Blue Line that demarcates Lebanon and Israel, sources said....

The Chinesegovernment is facing mounting criticism for its persecution of Turkic Muslims, including Uighurs and Kazakhs, in Xinjiang and abroad ... Documents show that local government officials running these camps bought thousands of batons, cattle prods, handcuffs, tasers, and cans of pepper spray – hardly the tools for vocational training....

They said the Chinesegovernment has ... "We remain alarmed that since April 2017, the Chinese government has detained an estimated 800,000 to possibly more than two million Uighurs, Kazakhs, and other Muslims in political re-education camps," the spokesperson said in a statement....

Just as the Stati Parties expected to start receiving dividends, more than half a dozen government agencies carried out a number of burdensome inspections and audits of the companies' businesses that resulted in false accusations of illegal conduct directed at the Stati Parties ......

Kazakh authorities initiated an investigation under the offense of “hooliganism,” but they should also examine the possibility that he was targeted because of his union activism ... “The Kazakhgovernment needs to allow workers to defend their rights without fear of violent repercussions.” ....

A taxi makes for the Kazakh-Chinese border near Khorgos...Russian officials, in turn, were equally irritated when the Kazakhgovernment announced its own alignment (“ sopriazhenie ”) between the Kazakh “ Nurly Zhol ” economic stimulus programme and the ChineseSREB, which they saw as a move to undermine the EAEU....